Arrival and departure airport transfers on all tours, within 3 days of the arrival and departure date of the tour or on the day preceding and following the start/finish day of the tour from/to the nearest airport to the departure/arrival city. You are able to have one transfer at the beginning and end of the tour. This transfer is to the tour departure hotel or to a hotel of your choice from your airport of arrival in the city from which your tour begins. You are responsible for notifying us of your arrival information no later than six weeks prior to arrival date or you do not qualify for a free airport transfer.
If your initial transfer is not to the tour hotel (but to one that you've booked independently prior to the tour starting) then you are obliged to make your own way to our tour hotel on the morning of departure. However, should you not have had an initial airport transfer, then you can be transferred, free of charge, from the hotel you're using prior to the tour to the tour
hotel.
Similarly, at the completion of the tour, you may take either a return transfer to the airport or a transfer from the tour hotel to another one in which you might be staying for an extended time.
All tours commence from a major city (Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, or Rapid City). The first and last nights of the tour are spent in
or near that major city and the accommodation is included in the tour price. This does not apply to the 4-day tours where you depart from either of the 3 cities. In this case, your city accommodation has to be booked separately.
Accommodation is in three-star lodgings. If unobtainable, then an equivalent standard will be reserved.
In the Black Hills and Central South
Dakota the accommodations will be in the
Two-Star lodgings unless you book a Luxury
Tour. Not to worry, these rooms are clean,
comfortable, quiet, and locally owned and
operated. Rooms in the Black Hills tend to
get a bit pricey for Three-Star and up. All rooms with private facilities, unless specifically informed at the time of booking your tour. Accommodations include fine hotels, cozy farmhouses and quaint family owned B+B's whilst on tour (see
<Booking Conditions> for exceptions). Where not available, properties of similar standards are used. All rooms with bathroom unless specifically advised before a reservation is
made.
PLEASE NOTE: the vast majority of the accommodations we use do not have traditional-style porters (neither do they have lifts/elevators). Your guide, however, will normally be able to assist with your baggage.
BUT please do note that if you bring along bags that are heavier than the normal standard airline permissible weight and size, United States Health and Safety regulations apply. Under these circumstances guides will be within their rights should they be reluctant to carry that bag.
All transportation aboard our comfortable 3 to 15 seat mini-coaches and the services of a driver/guide throughout.
Cooked breakfast daily* whilst on tour and minimum two-course dinners every night**. See detailed tour itinerary for full meal
inclusions.
*In tour arrival cities – Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, continental breakfast is served. On all tours over four nights, one or two dinner(s) is not included, usually in a major city stop to allow tour participants some independence and flexibility. Dinners are never included in arrival and departure cities unless specifically stated in the tour itinerary.
All sightseeing and entrance fees when accompanied by driver/guide. All taxes. All tips and gratuities (except to guide/companion) to outside suppliers but you're free to supplement if the service warrants such.
No Cancellation Guarantee - once a deposit has been made, we promise that we will only cancel the tour in extreme circumstances
(i.e. where local or organizational circumstances make it impossible for us to deliver our tour). Historically we have never cancelled a tour simply because we have low numbers. If you have invested your travel dreams with us, we will do our best to honor them! In the current economic/political climate, however, it must be understood that we have to reserve the right to cancel where the number of tour participants may make a tour uneconomic to run. Where we have accepted your booking, and it later becomes apparent that you might be the only person(s) on that tour, 605Touring Co. will notify you of such and give you the opportunity of changing to another departure, or for you to cancel your tour without cost.
Comprehensive 'Pre-Departure' material is posted on another section of this website. You will be given the password to this section when we receive your full and final payment. |
| Air Fares to South Dakota. Air travel must be booked independently and the flight details given to us so that we can organize your arrival and departure transfers, if applicable. It is your, or your travel agents, responsibility to let us have this information in a timely manner.
Driver/Guide gratuity is at your discretion.
Lunches, social drinks, items of a personal nature and entrance fees when not accompanied by our Driver/Guide.
Occasional optional evening theatre/festival visits.
Incidental expenses, such as telephone bills, newspapers and room service incurred at accommodations is the responsibility of the individual client. All expenses are settled prior to leaving the accommodation.
Laundry costs and any shipping charges for the return of purchases made on tour, or for the return of property lost on tour. |
